up shit's creek without a paddle

up shit's creek without a paddle
v. be in a desperate, no-win situation

English slang. 2015.

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  • be up the creek (without a paddle) — informal be up shit creek (without a paddle) impolite phrase to be in a difficult situation If we don’t get this contract, we’re up the creek! Thesaurus: to be in, or to get into a difficult situation …   Useful english dictionary

  • be up shit creek (without a paddle) — be in an awkward predicament. → shit …   English new terms dictionary

  • be up shit creek without a paddle — ► be up shit creek (without a paddle) be in an awkward predicament. Main Entry: ↑shit …   English terms dictionary

  • be up the creek without a paddle — be up the creek (without a paddle) informal, very informal! to be in a very difficult situation that you are not able to improve. If the car breaks down we re really up the creek. He ll be up shit creek unless he finds the money to pay off his… …   New idioms dictionary

  • up shit creek (without a paddle) — AND up the creek (without a paddle); up a creek mod. in an awkward position with no easy way out. (Usually objectionable.) □ I’m sort of up the creek and don’t know what to do. □ You are up a creek! You got yourself into it, so get yourself out …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • up the creek (without a paddle) — Go to p shit creek (without a paddle) …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • Up shit creek without a paddle — in a really bad situation with no way out …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • up shit creek without a paddle — Australian Slang in a really bad situation with no way out …   English dialects glossary

  • shit — vulgar slang ► VERB (shitting; past and past part. shitted or shit or shat) 1) defecate. 2) (shit oneself) be very frightened. ► NOUN 1) faeces …   English terms dictionary

  • shit — /shit/, n., v., shit or shat, shitting, interj. Vulgar. n. 1. excrement; feces. 2. an act of defecating; evacuation. 3. the shits. diarrhea. 4. Slang. pretense, lies, exaggeration, or nonsense. 5. Slang. something inferior or worthless …   Universalium

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